[utils] Deprecate random_uuidv4 (#17301)

Authored by: doe1080

yt_dlp/utils/_deprecated.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import base64
 import hashlib
 import hmac
 import json
+import uuid
 import warnings
 
 from ..compat.compat_utils import passthrough_module
@@ -62,4 +63,8 @@ def number_of_digits(number):
     return len('%d' % number)
 
 
+def random_uuidv4():
+    return str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+
 compiled_regex_type = type(re.compile(''))

yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py

@@ -4730,13 +4730,6 @@ def clean_podcast_url(url):
     return re.sub(r'^\w+://(\w+://)', r'\1', url)
 
 
-_HEX_TABLE = '0123456789abcdef'
-
-
-def random_uuidv4():
-    return re.sub(r'[xy]', lambda x: _HEX_TABLE[random.randint(0, 15)], 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')
-
-
 def make_parent_dirs(path):
     if dir_name := os.path.dirname(path):
         os.makedirs(dir_name, exist_ok=True)